Morris: Waiting for the Pothole Rebellion
by Leo Morris My daddy he made whiskey, my granddaddy he did, too. We ain’t paid no whiskey tax since 1792. — From “Copper Kettle,” a song by Frank Beddoe, 1946 In one of the first big tests of his presidency, George Washington was confronted with a rebellion in the heartland. Farmers in western Pennsylvania Read the full article…
Backgrounder: The NYT and History
By Richard Moss, M.D With the launching of the New York Times’s “1619 Project,” the self-promoted “paper of record” seeks to reframe American history. Formerly we had assumed the birth of the nation to be July 4, 1776, with the writing of the Declaration of Independence. But no, the newspaper has another date in mind. Read the full article…
Retirement Musings, Part 2
by Leo Morris I had not planned on covering the same topic for two columns in a row, but here we are. Let’s call this one, “Retirement musings, Part 2.” That’s what happens when you have time to fill. Your mind tends to wander, and sometimes it lands in a spot you’ve already been to. Read the full article…
The Outstater
THE PLAYWRIGHT DAVID MAMET asserts in “The Secret Knowledge” that modern public opinion can be divided into two camps: those who cannot get passed the fact that Thomas Jefferson owned slaves and those who for reasons of historical context are ambivalent are moving on. After yesterday’s gruesome municipal elections, I have some advice for my Read the full article…
Morris: An Unconcerned Vacation
by Leo Morris WIMBERLEY, Texas, early morning, some day or other — This is my first vacation at my brother’s since I retired, and somehow I thought it would be different this time. Less relaxing, perhaps, and therefore less fulfilling. Vacation, after all, means “an extended period of leisure and recreation, especially one spent away Read the full article…
Gaski: The Ukraine Catch-22
By J. F. Gaski, Ph.D. In the present Ukraine matter, the mainstream media propaganda machine is missing something basic. The error is exposed by the uniform and diversionary way the Trump-Ukraine accusation is framed: President Trump, they say, asked the Ukrainian government to investigate Democrat politician Joe Biden for the purpose of getting “dirt” on Read the full article…
